You might want to look at the ‘Kultur’ extension http://files.eprints.org/773/  – specifically the ‘slideshow’ part of the code that produces a random selection of items.

Look at perl_lib/EPrints/Script/Kultur.pm – that writes stuff into the EPrints::Script::Compiled package.

**this is a very good example of what to do if you want to extend epscript to do something fancy!**

- You can then edit your index.xpage to include:

<epc:print expr="kultur_slideshow(10)" />

to render a 10-image slideshow.

The logic in the slideshow could also be used as a basis for random selection in e.g. an RSS feed.

Hope that helps!

John

Hi all,
I¹ve not needed to tinker with our repository for a couple of months, but
have just been asked if I change the front page ³latest items² to a random
selection temporarily, as there isn¹t enough new stuff being uploaded
currently and it looks a bit odd.

Is that an easy change to make? Like I say it¹s only temporary so I will
want to keep the current code ready for when they ask to change it back.

Would I be able to do it in latest_tool.pl ?

Thanks
Derek

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